[Kratos moves with intent, without truly choosing it, and appears in the doorway just as Ghastly is gesturing to it. His gaze, forbidding, goes directly to Saracen.

[Would it help if I promise not to do it?]

Is this the value of your promises?

[Even if Saracen had not explicitly said the words -- perhaps Kratos should have asked for explicit words. But then, he isn't the one hopping back in time, and manipulating events to avoid such a thing. Such actions steals all control from individuals and places it in Saracen's hands.

[It isn't right. It isn't any more right than what Kratos had done to Aselia.]